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The Fed next week is set to release updated economic forecasts that Mr. Bernanke said should be "reasonably consistent" with private-sector forecasts, which is to say gloomier than the Fed's last public forecast.

The CEO said that another €1.8 billion in impairment charges is mainly related to an increase in Italy's corporate tax and a "gloomier" outlook for the country's energy market amid regulatory intervention in wholesale markets.

LONDON—The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record low for the 30th straight month Thursday against a backdrop of slackening growth in the U.K. and gloomier prospects for the global economy.

After a unanimous decision to keep the base rate steady, the BOK reiterated its intention to keep prices stable, and issued a gloomier outlook on the global economy, which it said is weighing on domestic growth.

SEOUL—The Bank of Korea Thursday kept its benchmark interest rate on hold for a sixth straight month, but turned gloomier in its outlook on the global and domestic economies, raising expectations the central bank may start monetary easing next year to underpin growth.